Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exquisitive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
exquis-i-tive
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Eager to discover or learn; curious.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin exquīsītus + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more exquisitive (comparative) most exquisitive (superlative)

Derived Forms

exquisitiveness

Frequently Paired Words

exquisitively

Questions

What does exquisitive mean?
Eager to discover or learn; curious.
Where does exquisitive come from?
From Latin exquīsītus + -ive.

How to pronounce exquisitive

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